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Author Wexler, Sanford.

Title The civil rights movement / Sanford Wexler ; introduction by Julian Bond.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Facts on File, [1999]
©1999

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  323.1 WEX    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Reference Material  R 973.3 EYEWITNESS    In-Library Use Only
Description xi, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Series Eyewitness history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-348) and index.
Summary Uses speeches, articles, and other writings of those involved to trace the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, primarily from 1954 to 1965.
Contents Origins of the civil rights movement : 1865-1948 -- School desegregation and the Brown v. Board of Education decision : 1949-1954 -- Emmett Till case : 1955 -- Montgomery bus boycott : 1955-1957 -- Crisis at Central High : 1957-1959 -- Sit-ins and freedom rides : 1960-1961 -- Albany movement and James Meredith at Ole Miss : 1961-1962 -- Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama : Spring 1963 -- March on Washington : 1963 -- Freedom summer : 1964 -- Selma and the Votings Rights Act : 1965 -- Legacy of the civil rights movement.
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- History -- Sources.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Race relations -- History -- Sources.
Cover Title Civil rights movement : an eyewitness history.
Note At head of title: Eyewitness history.
ISBN 081602748X
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